CLASSIFIED HABITATS 427 



XII. Grass Inhabiting Species: Gramnicolous. 



108. The Sword-bearer Conocephalus ensiger (Harris), or 

 attenuatus. Tall grasses, border of ditches, along fence rows, 

 and in meadows. Eggs laid between the stem and lower leaves 

 of tall grasses, such as timothy and.Andropogon; 18a, 42, and 45. 



109. The Nebraska Cone-head Conocephalus nebrascensis 

 (Bruner). Tall grasses bordering ponds arid ditches, fence rows, 

 and in meadows; 4, 18a, and 42. 



110. Bruner's Cone-head Conocephalus hruneri (Blatchley). 

 Tall grasses at margins of river bottoms; 106. 



111. Robust Cone-head Conocephalus robustus (Blatchley). 

 Shores of Lake Michigan; 3. 



112. Marsh Cone-head Conocephalus palustris (Blatchley). 

 Tall grasses at margins of ponds; 4a. 



113. Slender Meadow Grasshopper Xiphidium fasciatum 

 (DeGeer). Grassy pastures and meadows; 43 and 46. 



114. Short- winged Meadow Grasshopper Xiphidium brevi- 

 penne (Scudder). Meadows, grasslands, and pastures; 44, 45, 

 and 46. 



115. Black-sided Grasshopper Xiphidium nigropleura 

 (Bruner). Grasses, cat- tails, and sedges along margins of 

 ditches, borders of lakes and ponds. Eggs deposited between 

 stems and leaves of grasses, and occasionally between sheaths, 

 and at top of Indian corn; 3a, 4a, and 18. 



116. Glade Grasshopper Xiphidium saltans (Scudder) . Grass- 

 lands and prairies, among tall grasses; 44 and 52. 



117. Lance-bearing Grasshopper Xiphidium attenuatum 

 (Scudder). Tall grasses and cat-tails bordering ponds, and 

 swamps. Eggs laid between stems and leaves of grasses; 

 4a and 22. 



118. Straight-lanced Grasshopper Xiphidium striatum 

 (Scudder), Meadows, fields, prairies, and pastures; 45, 46, 47, 

 and 52. 



XIII. Inhabiting Composites and Herbaceous Plants: 



COMPOSITICOLOUS. 



119. Curved-lanced Katydid Scudderia curvicauda (DeGcer). 

 Wet meadows; 10. 



120. Texas Katydid Scudderia texensus (Sauss. — Pict.). 

 On composites and grasses in wet meadows, borders of lakes and 

 ponds. Eggs laid in margins of leaves between the upper and 

 lower epidermis in such plants as the goldenrod; 3, 4, and 10. 



121. Pistillated Katydid Scudderia pistillata (Brunn.) . Sedges 

 and tall grasses at borders of lakes, ponds, thickets, in wet 

 meadows, and tracts adjoining peat-bogs; 3, 10, and 19. 



122. Common Meadow Grasshopper Orchelimum vulgare 



